Money tray for bankers and the like



March l 1927.

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Y UNITED vSTATES ALBERT MORTIMER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. i

MONEY TnAY non BANxnns AND man LIKE.

Application filed November 8, 1924. Serial Noi. 748,725.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in money trays for bankers and thelike,.and it consists in the combinations, constructions, andarrangements herein describedY and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a inoney tray which is adaptedto hold bills ot various denominations and which, 'has novel means forinstantly conveying the bills to a safe place in case the bank -issuddenly robbed, this means being actuated by the closing of al switchof an electrical circuit.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed in which a number of these trays are connected to each other,each having a push button switch and so arranged that all ot them willbe operated when any one of the push buttons is closed. The push buttonsmay be disposed in various places around the room, such as on the desksof the paying and receiving tellers, and other like places.

A 'further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which is extremely simple in construction, and which isthoroughly efficient for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part otthis application, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through thedevice,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of al portion of the device, y

Figure t is a diagrammatic view showing a number of the devices, and

Figure 5 is a wiring diagram of one of the circuits employed with thedevice.

In carrying out my invention I provide a tray 1 which is hinged at 2 toa U-shaped casing 3. The casing 3 has sides fl and a front wall 5. Thecasing 3 is supported by the floor 6 of the bank and is disposed'directly above an opening 7 in the floor through which a conveyor orchute 8 extends. A funnel-shaped member 9 is disposed at the lower endof the casing 3 and communicates with the chute 8. In Figure 1 I haveshown the lower' end of the chute 8 in 'cointion shown in Figure 1, thetrays, together with the bills, will be conveyed to the chute 8 and fromthere to the vault boxes.

Means for holding the .tray in the full line position consists orp twoarms 12 which have inwardly extending portions 13 that are received inopenings 14 and are disposed beneath the tray 1 so as to support thetray.

The arms 12 are hinged at 15 and then ex" tend inwardly into the boxuntil their ends 16 almost abut each other. Figure 3 shows an enlargeddetail of the construction of the hinge 15. It shows how the hinge 15 isconnected to the arm 12 by means cfa sleeve 17.

Referring to Figure 5 it will be seen that the arms 12 are adapted' tobe moved or swung about the hinges 15 by means ot a lever 18. The lever18 is pivoted at 19 to the wall 5 (see Figure 1). A magnet 20 is alsocarried by the wall 5 and is positioned beneath the lever 18 so as toswing the lever when the magnet is energized, thus swinging the arms 12about the hinges 15. lVhen the, magnet 20 is energized, it will swingthe lever 18 in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 5. Thismovement will remove theportions 13 from the casing 3, thus allowing thetray 1 to swing into the dottedline position. In Figure 5 I have shownthree of the devices connected to each other by means of wires, andswitches. The switches21 are disposed on the front wall 5 ot the device,where they may be readily pressed in case of danger. The circuit showsthat a current will flow from the battery 22 or other source of current,to all of the magnets 2O when any one of the switches 21 is closed.

kFrom the foregoing description of the various parts ot the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. In installing the devices,the casing 3 is placed in the desired position and then the chute 8 isplaced beneath the casing and leads to the vault or other place of safekeeping. If a number of the devices is used, a like number of chutes isemployed.

In case of robbery, the person who is not endangered for the time'beingmay close the switch 2l which is nearest him and thus actuate all of thedevices so as to cause the money to fall into the vault boxes l0. Itwill therefore be seen that the money is instantly conveyed to a placeof safe keeping, thus preventing the robbery from taking place.

I claim: l n A device of the Vtype described comprising a casing havingrelative-ly small openings in the sides thereof, a tray hingedlysecured' to said casing for holding bills of various denominationsthereon, a plurality of bottomless compartments loosely mounted uponsaid tray for separating the bills from each other and into theirvarious positions, arms hingedly secured to the sides of said casing andprovided with inwardly extending portions adapted to be received in theopenings for holding said tray in operative position, means for forcingsaid arms outwardly permitting the inwardly extending portions torelease `said tray, whereby said bottomless compartments will slide freeof said tray, the bills falling free of said compartments as soon as thecompartments slide free of said tray, and a receptacle for receivingsaid bills.

ALBERT MORTIMER.

